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The National Institutes of Health has issued the following notice in last
week's Guide providing the new salary cap of $186,600 effective January 1,
2007.
Please use this figure, if needed, on all new proposals being submitted to
the NIH, SAMHSA or AHRQ, to anticipate this year higher threshold.
We will keep you posted when new notices are released.
Interim Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants, Cooperative Agreements
and Contracts
Notice Number: NOT-OD-07-033
Key Dates
Release Date: January 4, 2007
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (http://www.nih.gov)
For the past eighteen years Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation
on direct salary for individuals under NIH grant, cooperative agreement and
contract awards (referred to here as a grant). The mandate appears in the
annual appropriation act that provides authority for the NIH to incur
obligations for a given Fiscal Year (FY). At this time NIH has not received a
FY 2007 appropriation, and is operating under a Continuing Resolution that
applies the terms of the FY 2006 Appropriation Act.
The FY 2006 Appropriation Act (P.L. 109-149) restricts the amount of direct
salary to Executive Level I of the Federal Executive Pay scale. The Office of
Personnel Management has recently released new salary levels for the Executive
Pay scale. Effective January 1, 2007, the salary limitation for Executive Level
1 is $186,600. For a historical record of the salary cap, including effective
dates see: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm
Once the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation for FY 2007
is enacted, NIH will publish the annual Notice of legislative mandates to
provide information on any statutory provisions that limit the use of NIH grant
funds in FY 2007. Final guidance on the salary cap will be provided at that
time.
Inquiries Questions concerning this notice or other policies relating to
grants or contracts should be directed to the grants management or contract
management office in the appropriate NIH Institute or Center. For more
information on grants policy, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm.
For more information on contracts policy, please visit: http://ocm.od.nih.gov/contracts/contract.htm.
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